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    The document provides 2020 land cover statistics for the Province of Bataan in the Philippines. It shows that 26% of the area is forested land, with closed forest making up 9.84% and open forest making up 15.86%. Agricultural lands including annual crops, perennial crops and fishponds make up 38.28% of the total area. Built-up areas and inland water make up the remaining 8.98% and 0.71% respectively. The statistics are based on 2018 satellite imagery with some notes on data sources and limitations.

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    The document provides 2020 land cover statistics for the Province of Bataan in the Philippines. It shows that 26% of the area is forested land, with closed forest making up 9.84% and open forest making up 15.86%. Agricultural lands including annual crops, perennial crops and fishponds make up 38.28% of the total area. Built-up areas and inland water make up the remaining 8.98% and 0.71% respectively. The statistics are based on 2018 satellite imagery with some notes on data sources and limitations.

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    LCM2020 BTN R3 PH Stat

    Uploaded by

    Frederick Barnachea
    The document provides 2020 land cover statistics for the Province of Bataan in the Philippines. It shows that 26% of the area is forested land, with closed forest making up 9.84% and open forest making up 15.86%. Agricultural lands including annual crops, perennial crops and fishponds make up 38.28% of the total area. Built-up areas and inland water make up the remaining 8.98% and 0.71% respectively. The statistics are based on 2018 satellite imagery with some notes on data sources and limitations.

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    2020 LAND COVER STATISTICS

    PROVINCE OF BATAAN
    Land Cover Classification Area in Hectares % of Area
    Closed Forest 12,996 9.84
    Open Forest 20,946 15.86
    Mangrove Forest 395 0.30
    Sub-total Forest 34,337 26.00
    Brush/Shrubs 20,857 15.79
    Grassland 12,801 9.69
    Annual Crop 20,313 15.38
    Perennial Crop 26,421 20.01
    Open/Barren 323 0.24
    Built-up 10,921 8.27
    Fishpond 5,138 3.89
    Marshland/Swamp - -
    Inland Water 939 0.71
    Grand Total 132,050 100.00
    Notes:
    Forest plantations depending on age may have been classified under Closed/Open Forest or other
    categories.
    Statistics are based from the 2020 Land Cover Maps (PRS'92 UTM Zone 51N projection) generated
    from 2018 Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from European Space Agency (ESA) with 10-meter
    resolution.
    Administrative boundaries used to generate the provincial statistics are approximate in the absence
    of the official administrative boundary.

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